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2. List of gasoline additives - Wikipedia

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   The EPA also regularly reviews the health and net economic benefits of Clean Air Act policies. [9] The act also requires deposit control additives (DCAs) be added to all petrol. This type of additive is a detergent additive that acts as a cleansing agent in small passages in the carburetor or fuel injectors.

3. Top Tier Detergent Gasoline - Wikipedia

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   Top Tier Detergent Gasoline and Top Tier Diesel Fuel are performance specifications and trademarks designed and supported by several automakers. [1] BMW , General Motors , Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , Ford , Acura / Honda , Toyota , Volkswagen , Mercedes-Benz , Navistar , Audi , and Volvo support the gasoline standard, while General Motors ...

4. Shell V-Power - Wikipedia

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   An Audi R10 TDI LMP race car, fueled on Shell V-Power Diesel. V-Power Diesel is Shell's version of an enhanced diesel fuel, similar to BP's 'Ultimate Diesel'. Like BP Ultimate Diesel, Shell V-Power Diesel is designed for modern compression-ignition diesel engines, to facilitate enhanced engine performance along with increased engine protection, for more consistent operation and engine longevity.

5. Diesel fuel - Wikipedia

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   Diesel fuel is commonly used in oil and gas extracting equipment, although some locales use electric or natural gas powered equipment. Tractors and heavy equipment were often multifuel in the 1920s through 1940s, running either spark-ignition and low-compression engines, akryod engines, or diesel engines.

6. Homogeneous charge compression ignition - Wikipedia

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   Examples include blending of commercial gasoline and diesel fuels, [17] adopting natural gas [18] or ethanol. [19] This can be achieved in a number of ways: Upstream blending: Fuels are mixed in the liquid phase, one with low ignition resistance (such as diesel) and a second with greater resistance (gasoline).

7. Antiknock agent - Wikipedia

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   Whereas age-degraded gasoline may simply polymerize, evaporate, and thus lose its flammability, age-degraded gasoline-ethanol blends can cause severe damage if allowed to sit in an engine. Automotive engines addressed this with the mandated shift over to ethanol-tolerant metals and seals, and with the use of smart electronic fuel injection ...